Olympic News
WADA confirms it cleared Chinese swimmers to compete at Tokyo Games citing contaminated samples
The world’s top anti-doping regulator says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because it agreed with Chinese authorities and ruled that their samples had…
Two-time world champ J’den Cox retires at US Olympic wrestling trials; 44-year-old reaches finals
J’den Cox walked off the mat after dropping a 2-2 decision to Kollin Moore at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials on Friday night, leaving his shoes behind to a standing ovation. The bronze medal winner at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016…
Olympic sports bodies criticize track and field’s move to pay $50,000 for Paris gold medalists
The collective group of Summer Games sports has criticized World Athletics for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics. The move by the track body and its president Sebastian Coe last week…